JHANG PP 78 Election 1st Dec 2016 Result Online

On the other hand, PML-N candidate Azad Nasir Ansari has so far managed to bag 37997 votes.

The vote count is under way after a daylong polling in Jhang, where public holiday was declared to facilitate voters.

A strong contest Azad Nasir Ansari is expected between the PML-N and the independent candidate.

The Punjab Assembly’s constituency had fallen vacant after the Supreme Court disqualified Rashida Yaqoob of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) for concealing assets while upholding a decision of an election tribunal in October.

She was elected to the assembly in the 2013 general elections and runner-up candidate Mr Ludhianvi had challenged her election.

PP 78 Election 1st Dec 2016 Result Online

Then the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that it would hold by-poll in the constituency on Dec 1 for which Mr Ludhianvi as well as Ms Yaqoob also filed their nomination papers. However, this time Ms Yaqoob was an independent candidate. – SAMAA